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the wanderer returns

19th August 2013
Hola!
I’m back from the (almost) two most amazing weeks of my life and can’t wait to get back in to blogging over the next week or so.
I have so many things to share so prepare for an onslaught of holiday themed posts, both about my holiday plus suggestions and tips for your own holidays.
I’ll also gradually be catching up with everyone else and your wonderful blogs but give me time- I return to work tomorrow and have a heck of a lot of catching up to do with family and friends.
And first,
 I need sleep. Lots of sleep.

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Fashion meets music with Zalando

23rd July 2013
A few weeks ago the folks at Zalando GmbH got in touch asking if I’d like to take part in a challenge to celebrate Festival Season in the UK.
Myself and three other (much more stylish) UK bloggers were gifted £100 to spend on the website to create a music themed outfit. We were given a list of genres to choose from- anything from Classical through to Reggae and we had to create the outfit to fit that chosen genre. I let the boy pick my category as he’s a musician and I’m well, indecisive. He also picked the outfit so fair play to him- I’ve got a keeper there!
Here’s the final result of the project…
My outfit consisted of:
This look was so far out of my comfort zone and what I usually wear even though it was fairly tame. Still, it’s good to experiment right? And the entire process was really good fun!
What do you think? What’s your favourite music genre?
xxx

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Daniel Radcliffe returns to the West End

03rd July 2013
I haven’t really paid much attention to Daniel Radcliffe aside from his Harry Potter days but I have to say I’m curious about his latest adventure in which he makes his return to the West End in dark comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan.
The plot for the play is outlined as:
“Set on the small Aran Islands community of Inishmaan off the Western Coast of Ireland, c. 1934, the inhabitants are excited to learn of a Hollywood film crew’s arrival in neighbouring Inishmore to make a documentary about life on the islands. “Cripple” Billy Claven, eager to escape the gossip, poverty and boredom of Inishmaan, vies for a part in the film, and to everyone’s surprise, the orphan and outcast gets his chance”

The production first opened in 1996 and now it is making it’s return at the Noel Coward theatre for 12 weeks only- running until 31st August.
If it were easier for me to get to London without the whole trip costing an absolute fortune I think I’d be going to see this, the plot sounds gripping and it’d be good to see if Daniel can move beyond the Harry Potter I see him as in my head.

What do you think? Would you go and see this, or have you seen it?


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Pepsi Max #LiveForNow

02nd July 2013

So, I’m not overly familiar with London Town but I know there are some pretty fun and exciting things to do there- some of which I have explored (hello M&M world!) and some of which are on my ever-growing “must do” list. This campaign from Pepsi Max, called #LiveForNow features Dynamo as he explores the sights of London in the most extreme and fun looking way possible…if only it was possible for us all to do it like that! I really like the ethos of this campaign, taking time to make the most of what’s around you and looking at it from a new perspective. It’s something that I’ve tried to employ in my every day life and so far, it’s working. The world is suddenly an exciting and freeing place to be and I can honestly say I’ve never been happier; I wake up each day curious to see what new adventure lays ahead, even if it does land me in stressful situations at times. As many of you know, I’m recovering (still) from an Eating Disorder and something I’ve learnt over the years is that life is too damn short and we really all do need to #LiveForNow

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daisy chain dreaming: colour pop watches

28th June 2013
Despite rarely remembering to put one on I have a bit of a watch obsession and can’t resist a cheeky browse every now and again. Looking for one to wear the other day I realised my collection was a little lacking in the colour department- mostly black and metals with a little bit of neutral c/o my Olivia Burton beauty. On a rare afternoon off of work I sat down and had a flick through The Branded Watch Shop website and came across a huge selection of colour pop watches for all budgets. The above collage only really skims the surface of my findings, it was hard to narrow anything down enough to share on the blog, I could have quite easily just posted the website link and had done with it!
The thing I really loved about the website was that you could search by brand. I’m not a brand snob at all but I am a little bit OCD and like to keep things neatly separate when I’m shopping especially when it’s an area I’m not entirely familiar with. The first watch I fell for was the raspberry pink DKNY number at the top left hand side of this post; I already own one DKNY watch and can confirm happily that you get what you pay for (which is often the case with branded watches I’ve found). Next up on the list are a few brands I’ve not bought from watch-wise before- Juicy Couture (top right), Toy Watch (middle left) and Paul’s Boutique (middle right). I’d be really interested in hearing from anyone who has owned wrist-wear by these brands before as I may be tempted to buy one of these…
Last but not least is the yellow number from Firetrap, at only £17.50 (and also available in hot pink and a bright orange) this is the budget option and potentially a sneaky pay day treat to myself. I have one Firetrap watch, a silver studded number and it’s put up with a lot of not so tender loving care and is still going strong.
Do you have an obsession with time pieces? I have to say my mobile has made me lazy when it comes to wearing one but I am determined to change that. Tell me about your favourite watch or which one/s you are currently coveting.
xxx

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